CENTEXBEL VKC€¦ · Project-based financing • by regional, federal and European authorities....

CENTEXBELVKCAT THE SERVICE OF

THE TEXTILE & PLASTIC CONVERTING INDUSTRY

COLLECTIVE RESEARCH CENTRE

CENTEXBEL

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MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATION

UNITING

Belgian textile companiesAssociated (international) member companies and organisations

GOVERNED BY THE INDUSTRY

• 180 enthusiastic and highly educated men and women

• committed to an innovating and sustainable industry

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CENTEXBEL - VKC

WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO

CREATE – INSPIRE – SOLVE - CONNECT

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CREATE

• Research in coating, extrusion, composites, material characterization, etc.

• Semi-industrial research infrastructure available to companies.

• Dedicated research teams working with and for companies.

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INSPIRE

• Knowledge dissemination

• Demonstrations & Workshops

• Info-sessions

• Conferences

• Newsletters, publications and demonstrations

• Patlib centre for patent analysis and knowledge disclosure

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SOLVE

• ONE-STOP-SHOP• Research centre• Consultancy services• Pilot platforms for prototyping and

experiments• Testing labs• Notified body # 0493

• PPE, CPR, IMO

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CONNECT

• Knowledge & Research networks

• Exploring high added value technologies for industrial implementation

• Cross-sectorial approach

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LABS & OFFICES

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PRODUCTS & ACTIVITIES

RESEARCHFOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL & SOCIETAL NEEDS

RESEARCH STRATEGY

CLOSE TO THE INDUSTRYInnovations in• processes• products• materials• business models

FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY• resource efficiency

• recycling of (complex) materials

• bio-based polymers (industrial implementation)

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RESEARCH PROGRAMS

COLLECTIVE RESEARCH

Project-based financing • by regional, federal and European

authorities

Consortium• composed of industrial and research

partners

Research results• property of Centexbel but disseminated to

the consortium partners/industry

Small, medium-sized and large private projects• financed by regional, federal and

European authorities or without funding

• on demand of the company

Research results • property of the company

PRIVATE RESEARCH

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EXPERTISETECHNOLOGY FIELDS

FUNCTIONALTHERMOPLASTIC TEXTILES• renewable, bio-based, sustainable alternatives

for oil-based thermoplastics

• improvement of their properties to match and even surpass the ones of conventional materials

• functionalisation of thermoplastic fibres(chemical, physical, nano-technology)

• creation of bio-based prepregs and high-end fibre-reinforced or self-reinforced composites to meet to the most severe mechanical requirements

• implementation of new technologies (e.g. Additive Manufacturing) in conventional processes

• recycling and closed-loop approach

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TEXTILEFUNCTIONALISATION & SURFACE MODIFICATION

• High-performance textiles.

• Sustainability • renewable materials and of non-hazardous

chemicals and additives (in conformity with REACH, CLP), energy and water saving production methods, equitable working conditions, and last but not least the product’s longevity.

• Centexbel is focused on harmonizing sustainability, high-performance and cost-efficiency in textile finishing, coating and laminating.

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PLASTIC CHARACTERISATION, PROCESSING & RECYCLING

• Optimisation of (bio)polymers

• Eco-functionalisation

• End-of-Life and Recycling

• Process development

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MEDICAL & SUSTAINABLEMATERIALS

• medical devicesprivileged player in tissue engineering, from simple cell culture to the implementation of three-dimensional carriers and biocompatible materials

• circular economyinnovative solutions for material sorting, the use of new biobased materials and the implementation of greener and more nature-friendly processes.

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TECHNICAL TEXTILES & COMPOSITES• Development of technical

textiles and composite materialssupporting the manufacturing industry in search of innovative materials through the acquisition of new knowledge, theory and techniques in order to develop a know-how for our industry for the production of new performing and durable materials and the maintenance of their competitiveness.

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TESTINGBELAC NBN EN ISO/IEC 17025 ACCREDITED LABORATORIES

PHYSICAL & MECHANICAL TESTING

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CHEMICAL TESTING

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• of textiles, composites and plastics

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BURNING BEHAVIOUR

• biocompatibility, health & safety

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MICROBIOLOGICALASSESSMENTS

OPEN INNOVATIONPLATFORMS FOR

PROTOTYPING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

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TEXTILE FINISHINGLAB SCALE EXPERIMENTS

COATING, LAMINATING & CURING

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EXTRUSIONCOST AND TIME EFFICIENT YARN PROTOTYPING

EXTRUSION

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3D PRINTING LAB

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TECHNICALTEXTILESPLATFORM FOR INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

KNITTING, WEAVING, BRAIDING, EMBROIDERY

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COMPOSITE PRESS

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PLASTIC PROCESSINGCREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PLASTICS

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PLASTIC CONVERTING PLATFORM

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SERVICESTO THE INDUSTRY

CONSULTANCY

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test results

process, material andproduct optimisation

implementation of new technolgies

TECHNICAL

REACH

Biocides

BREF

alternative chemicals

ECOLOGY

Follow-up of EU & international standards for

the Belgian industry

sector operator for NBN

STANDARDS ANTENNAS

IPR related issues

information on recent patents

Patent Alerts

PATENT-CELL

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERINFO SESSIONS, TRAINING SESSIONS, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS

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PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONPRODUCT & CONSUMER SAFETY

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CE-marking Notified Body # 0493

• EC type-examination and monitoring of the

quality control system for the final product

according to the EUROPEAN REGULATION

2016/425 ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT/EU

• Product certification in the framework of

the EUROPEAN REGULATION ON

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 305/2011/EU

• Conformity assessments in the framework

of the MARINE EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE

(MED) 2014/90/EU

SAFE COMMUNITY MASKS

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Ecologically sound textile products, processes & value-chains

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